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Research finds 93% of businesses believe Integrated Reporting helps to break down silos and connect departments
(London November 12, 2012)- A new research report produced by specialist corporate communications agency, Black Sun in association with the IIRC, finds that 93% of businesses...

LUGANO, SWITZERLAND, November 12, 2012 -- The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management today published the second draft of the Melbourne Mandate, a call to action for new areas of value in public relations and communication management. The Mandate will be debated and...

With only a couple of weeks to go before the Global Alliance’s World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) kicks off, I was reminded of Heather Yaxley’s post around this time last year on relationship advice for PR practitioners. More than 700 delegates from every continent will be meeting in...

Tokyo, 1 November - Commenting on the IIRC’s first two days of meetings in Tokyo with some of Japan’s largest global businesses, investors and the accounting industry leaders, IIRC Chief Executive Paul Druckman said:
“Japanese business leaders are among the most far-...

Leading the charge for accountability and professionalism in UK public relations and communication management, President Sally Sykes provides some insight in this edition into what makes CIPR tick.
CIPR has a long history as the lead professional body in the UK. What do...

LUGANO, SWITZERLAND, October 31, 2012 -- The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management today published the first draft of the Melbourne Mandate, a call to action for new areas of value in public relations and communication management. The Mandate is named for the site of...

With the World Public Relations Forum arriving in Melbourne 18-20 November 2012, there’s bound to be plenty of on and offline conversations around the changing role of communications. But with a theme of “Communication Without Borders” – it appears the organisers are...

In a world where citizens, consumers, shareholders and stakeholders walk around with global publishing power in their pockets, how does the role of public relations change – and what is the profession’s value to organizations, and to society?
That’s the question the...

In September 2012, the 2nd Brazilian Corporate Communications Day in London brought together communicators from five of the leading companies operating in Brazil to present important Brazilian strategies and business communication initiatives to an audience of executives, entrepreneurs, teachers...

Major insights into the changing profession of public relations were revealed during this year’s Euprera Congress in Istanbul, along with the introduction and presentation of Best Paper Awards.
More than 60 papers were presented on the theme of a changing profession and four were...